Count Arthur Strong's Command Performance
12/02/2011 … The best character comedy lies in the chasm of delusion between blinkered self-image and harsh reality, which is why Radio 4 veteran Count Arthur Strong offers…
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sat 12 February 2011
Wed 09 February 2011
Midlands Comedian Of The Year 2011
09/02/2011 … It’s probably endemic of the open mic circuit as a whole, but the final of Midlands Comedian Of The Year, held as part of the Leicester Comedy Festival, produced…
Mon 07 February 2011
Mark Thomas: Walking The Wall
07/02/2011 … It can be hard to have a sense of humour about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; but occasionally a left-leaning comedian cannot resist the urge to tackle it.
Sun 06 February 2011
Laugh Inn, Chester, Opening Night
06/02/2011 … From the outside, it could be Peter Kay’s Phoenix Club, a single neon sign hung on a nondescript building in a semi-industrial part of a Northern town the only…
Fri 04 February 2011
Lenny Henry: Cradle To The Rave
04/02/2011 … Music has been the love of his life, but when Lenny Henry attempted to launch a career as a credible musician in the Eighties, he was doomed to fail.
Wed 02 February 2011
Katzenjammer
02/02/2011 … After Tim Minchin proved that comedy and virtuosic piano playing can go hand-in-hand comes Katzenjammer, who take that expression literally.
Wed 26 January 2011
Glasgow Comedy Festival Preview Show
26/01/2011 … Some hae jokes and cannot tell ’em,Some cannot joke that want to: But these hae jokes and they can riff,Sae let the Lord be thankit.
Mon 24 January 2011
Comedy Of Ashes
24/01/2011 … Even with the very saleable England versus Australia angle, it was a big ask to fill London’s potential 2,000-capacity HMV Forum on the strength what amounted…